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The Endeavor, 1979
‘Pursued by the relentless minions of the cruel despot Baron Karza, the freedom-fighting crew of the Endeavor breach the Space Wall and emerge on a strange and dangerous new world – a planet known as Earth.’
In 1979, a comic book series quietly appeared at the local drug store. At the time, comic book stores were not common – and if one wanted each issue, they had to hunt it down.
The Micronauts was a sleeper. And contained story and artwork years ahead of what was going on in mainstream comics at the time. [Read more →]
The Enterprise, not to scale
I actually had this original comic. Loved that they put a porch and a door where the hangar deck should be.
From Star Trek #6, December 1969. Art by Alberto Giolitti, Gold Key Comics. Click image for larger view/jump.
Want this comic (and a whole bunch more)? Grab this.
Kinda takes the fun outta collecting tho.
Sewing dingbats
Knitting & Sewing Doodles, a dingbat font by Wisconsin-based Rae Kaiser. Available at MyFonts.
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